Remodeling & Design

Remodeling & Design

Get the latest news in green certification and home design, plus eco-friendly remodeling tips.

  • Watch: A dramatic bathroom fixture fix-up in Fort Lee

    Wed, Jan 16, 2013 2:17 PM by Matt Hickman

    Although essentially a giant advert for Kohler, a two-parter from SpacesTV's 'Built Green' video series provides a decent look at a typical water-conserving bathroom renovation.

  • DIY solar panels with damaged solar cells

    Wed, Jan 16, 2013 10:48 AM by Michael Graham Richard

    Here's how an astronomer made his own solar panels on the cheap with damaged, inexpensive materials from eBay and lots of elbow grease.

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  • A taxidermy-themed storage solution that's minus the fur, plus the fixie

    Tue, Jan 15, 2013 7:30 PM by Matt Hickman

    Ideal for faux taxidermy enthusiasts and/or design-conscious bike commuters, Trophy Bicycle Holders offer a smart, space-saving storage solution in the form of two 'iconic silhouettes.'

  • Salvage-happy builder jailed after failing to pay for demolition of own work

    Tue, Jan 15, 2013 1:00 PM by Matt Hickman

    A Mojave Desert folk hero/renegade builder is sentenced to 539 days in jail after failing to pay for the demolition of his sprawling private residence/art installation, Phonehenge West.

  • 5 DIY uses for old doors

    Fri, Jan 11, 2013 12:56 PM by Networx.com

    Old doors have so much charm and character, so don't let them sit around unused.

  • Prefab brings modern day sustainability to historic planned community

    Thu, Jan 10, 2013 8:43 PM by Matt Hickman

    In observation of one of the original New Urbanist-style planned communities' 75th anniversary, Norris, Tenn. gets a self-sufficient prefab demo home designed by a team from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

  • Whirlpool cooks up kitchen of future at CES

    Thu, Jan 10, 2013 1:07 PM by Ed Oswald, TechNewsDaily

    The appliance maker's '6th Sense Live' will allow for the remote control, monitoring and management of enabled kitchen devices and smart energy consumption.

  • When Pharrell met Zaha: Duo to collaborate on prefab housing?

    Wed, Jan 09, 2013 7:10 PM by Matt Hickman

    When she isn't busy having her buildings pirated and designing spaceship houses for Naomi Campbell, Zaha Hadid is 'touring around' a prefab concept with design dabbler extraordinaire Pharrell Williams.

  • WVU team intros log home, a first for Solar Decathlon

    Mon, Jan 07, 2013 5:11 PM by Matt Hickman

    In preparation for the 2013 Solar Decathlon, a refreshingly motley team from West Virginia University begins assembling — and repeatedly disassembling — a down-home-meets-high-tech log abode.

  • Boston's Castle Square Apartments receives royally efficient retrofit

    Fri, Jan 04, 2013 1:54 PM by Matt Hickman

    Due to a whopping 72 percent reduction in energy use resulting from the nation's largest deep energy retrofit, the Castle Square Apartments in Boston's South End achieves LEED Platinum status.

  • Watch: Cattle bones reborn as decor at funky Texas artists' residence

    Thu, Jan 03, 2013 2:31 PM by Matt Hickman

    E.T. (East Texas) Bone Home ... Faircompanies pays a visit to a repurposed cattle bone-heavy artists' residence built by salvage-happy, self-taught green builder Dan Phillips of Phoenix Commotion.

  • How smart LEDs could change your home

    Wed, Jan 02, 2013 1:40 PM by Jesse Emspak, TechNewsDaily

    If a 10-watt LED bulb replaced all the 60-watt incandescent bulbs in the U.S., it could save about $3.9 billion in the country's annual electric bill.

  • 10 fabulous uses for a garage

    Thu, Dec 27, 2012 2:29 PM by Networx.com

    If you've got an unused garage collecting dust (or junk), here are some creative ways to make the best use of the space.

  • Hurricane vs. House [Infographic]

    Thu, Dec 27, 2012 2:21 PM by Matt Hickman

    In addition to offering discounts to those affected by Hurricane Sandy, prefab powerhouse Blu Homes releases an infographic detailing how its speedy n' strong modular homes can weather future storms.

  • Watch: 'Huge mansion' in Marin with all the green fixin's

    Thu, Dec 20, 2012 1:32 PM by Matt Hickman

    Although the jury is still out as to whether or not car-reliant homes of ample square footage are actually 'green,' SpacesTV tours a 'huge mansion' in Marin County with LEED Platinum certification.

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